Blu-ray Review – Reform School Girls

Women in prison pictures already contain elements that border on parody, but co-writer/director Tom DeSimone offers a comedic take on the harsh realities of such an experience with 1986's "Reform School Girls." A veteran of two similar features ("Prison Girls" and "The Concrete Jungle"), DeSimone loses patience with playing it straight, going a bit wild with this offering of juvenile delinquency and institutional madness. The camp factor is dialed up just a bit from the usual women in prison routine, but it's clear DeSimone is trying to have fun with this one, playing to his appreciative audience with grand displays of overacting, intimidation, and chaos, endeavoring to throw a screen party with the movie, which plays right into cult film sensibilities. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com